Munchies: Cal Elliott, Chef/Owner of Williamsburg’s Rye Restaurant, Does Shots Then Attempts To Make Grilled Cheese on TV

The latest episode of Vice Media’s Munchies follows Cal Elliott, chef and owner of Williamsburg’s Rye restaurant, out for a boozy night on the town. Cal and friends hit Samauri Mama for udon paired with way too many shots of Irish whisky, before returning to Rye where Cal takes a shot at making braised short rib grilled cheese sandwiches with Taleggio and frisee for everyone in the house.

How did they turn out? Says Cal:

“Any imperfections in these sandwiches is 100% to do with the cook. I didn’t follow the steps because I drank too much and I didn’t give a fuck and that’s cooking 101. Every step of the way, you have to care. And if you skip one step, you end up with what we have tonight, which is a piece of shit.”

Cal Elliott is not the type to let a sandwich beat him: He brought back the short rib and Taleggio grilled cheese, cleanly executed this time, as a brunch special at Rye last week.